14-letter words containing s, o, u, r, m
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- simpson's rule — a method for approximating the value of a definite integral by approximating, with parabolic arcs, the area under the curve defined by the integrand.
- situation room — a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
- smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
- snow-in-summer — a mat-forming garden plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of the pink family, native to Italy, having white flowers and numerous narrow, white, woolly leaves in large patches, growing in sand.
- sodium bromide — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.
- sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
- sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
- sodium nitrite — Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO 2 , soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- somerset house — a building in London, in the Strand, built (1776–86) by Sir William Chambers; formerly housed the General Register Office of births, marriages, and deaths: contains (from 1990) the art collections of the Courtauld Institute
- son et lumiere — sound-and-light show.
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- southern yemen — a former name of Yemen (def 1).
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- straw mushroom — a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cookery.
- strontium unit — a unit expressing the concentration of strontium-90 in an organic medium, such as soil, milk, bone, etc, relative to the concentration of calcium in the same medium
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- submicroscopic — too small to be seen through a microscope.
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
- sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
- summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
- summer session — An early system on MIT's Whirlwind.
- summer visitor — a person, animal or bird who come to a place in summer
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tcl consortium — (body) A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television